Blake Geoffrion has been cleared to return home, the Montreal Canadiens forward said in a statement on Thursday.

Geoffrion suffered a depressed skull fracture while playing in the AHL on Nov. 9. He required immediate surgery and was admitted into Montreal's General Hospital's ICU.

The statement from Geoffrion: "I want to sincerely thank all fans, friends, family members and everyone from the hockey world for the incredible support I have received. I was cleared by the neurosurgeon and the Club's medical staff to return home for a 3-week period of complete rest. I am very happy to be home for Thanksgiving. I would like to thank Dr. Mulder and the Club's medical staff, as well as the entire medical personnel at the Montreal General Hospital for their extraordinary care. I am very grateful to Geoff Molson and Marc Bergevin for the unrelenting support they have shown myself and the members of my family. I also wish to thank all members of the media for respecting this healing period."

The Canadiens have said Geoffrion is out of action indefinitely and doctors are confident he will make a full recovery.